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British manufacturing: Rumours of my demise are greatly exaggerated

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

As the manufacturing sector continues its improvement in output performance, insolvency figures indicate that it bounced out of recession quicker and stronger than the rest of the economy as a whole – the first signal of its...continue reading

M&A volumes drop in first quarter

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Despite predictions for continued growth, the volume of M&A deals in the first quarter of 2014 dropped in both private equity and trade markets. BDO's latest PCPI/PEPI index showed that trade deals dropped by 24 per cent, d...continue reading

Alternate lender legislation to boost SMEs

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On Wednesday 4 June, the Queen will mark the formal start of the parliamentary year and within the Queen’s Speech the monarch will outline some of the main policies and legislation on the Government’s agenda. One such...continue reading

Resources needed to realise UK's entrepreneurial ambition

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Figures from Local Business Week released recently showed that more and more people want to start their own businesses. However, research has also indicated that there are still significant barriers to growth for small businesses ...continue reading

Post-acquisition finance strategy

In the run up to an acquisition, many buyers will spend the majority of their time on finance issues addressing how to raise the initial funds for the purchase. However, some of the most successful buyers are those who also priori...continue reading

Improving economy creates favourable climate for inorganic growth

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After years of trudging through negative news about the British economy, this week has seen yet another batch of increasingly positive figures suggesting a slow but steady climb out of the murky depths of recession. Indeed, good ...continue reading

Government must address SMEs' financial fears

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The growth of small businesses is being stunted by the pressures and fears they face over financial complexities, a new study has found. Research released this week by KashFlow found that nearly a quarter (24.7 per cent) of small...continue reading

Booming UK automotive industry driving M&A increase

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The UK’s manufacturing industry has been hailed as one of the key drivers of the country’s economic recovery over the past year. A large part of that has been down to car production, which has seen both UK companies e...continue reading

Liquidations up from 2013, research reveals

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The Insolvency Service has released its Q1 figures to reveal how many companies ran into financial trouble in the first three months of the year. The organisation’s statistics revealed that there was a 53.1 per cent increas...continue reading

Distressed businesses update

DISTRESSED BUSINESSES

Although business insolvencies in the UK have fluctuated dramatically in recent years across sectors and geographic regions, what is becoming increasingly evident is that the usual spike in company failures that follows a recessio...continue reading